The application of fossil resin biomarkers to oil-source correlation in some Australian sedimentary basins

Conference · Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1989 · American Chemical Society, Division of Petroleum Chemistry, Preprints; (USA)

OSTI ID:6998353

Alexander, R; Larcher, A V; Kagi, R I ^[1]; Price, P L ^[2]

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1. Curtin Univ. of Technology, Perth (Australia)
2. CSR-Petroleum, Queensland (Australia)

Suites of aromatic and saturated compounds which are indicative of plant resins from Araucariaceae have been identified in widely distributed sediments of Jurassic age from the Eromanga Basin. Similar biomarker assemblages have been shown not to be present in sediments of Permian age from the Cooper Basin. Some crude oils contained in reservoirs of Jurassic to Cretaceous age have been shown to contain the biomarker assemblage characteristic of the sediments of Jurassic age and, therefore, appear to have been derived from sediments within the Eromanga Basin. Other crude oils in reservoirs of this age, together with all crude oils from reservoirs of Permian age do not contain the biomarker signature of the sediments of Jurassic age, and are therefore presumed to have been derived from the Permian sediments within the Eromanga Basin. Other crude oils in reservoirs of this age, together with all crude oils from reservoirs of Permian age do not contain the biomarker signature of the sediments of Jurassic age, and are therefore presumed to have been derived from the Permian sediments of the Cooper Basin.

• OSTI ID: 6998353
• Report Number(s): CONF-8904126-; CODEN: ACPCA
• Journal Information: American Chemical Society, Division of Petroleum Chemistry, Preprints; (USA), Vol. 34:1; Conference: Biomarkers in petroleum: memorial symposium for Wolfgang K. Seifert, Dallas, TX (USA), 9-14 Apr 1989; ISSN 0569-3799
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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